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[A case of acute pancreatitis and acute hepatitis caused by ingestion of Ceramium kondoi]
- Source :
- The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi. 62(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- In Korea, the use of herbal remedies is a common cause of drug-induced liver injury. However, the occurrence of both acute pancreatitis and acute hepatitis after taking herbal remedies has rarely been reported. Herein, we report a case of concurrent acute pancreatitis and acute hepatitis associated with Ceramium kondoi ingestion. A 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer 7 months ago. Total gastrectomy and adjuvant chemotherapy was performed without complications. The patient had been well until recently, when she presented with severe abdominal pain after ingestion of Ceramium kondoifor 4 weeks. The laboratory findings demonstrated elevated liver enzymes and lipase, and abdominal computed tomography revealed pancreas swelling with fat infiltration. The diagnosis was made based on the diagnostic criteria for drug induced pancreatitis and the Russel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method scale for drug-induced liver injury. After cessation of Ceramium kondoi, she showed clinical and biochemical improvement.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain
medicine.medical_treatment
Gastroenterology
Internal medicine
medicine
Ceramium
Ingestion
Humans
Pancreas
Liver injury
biology
business.industry
Plant Extracts
General Medicine
Lipase
Middle Aged
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Abdominal Pain
medicine.anatomical_structure
Liver
Pancreatitis
Acute Disease
Rhodophyta
Acute pancreatitis
Gastrectomy
Female
medicine.symptom
Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22336869
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bfabd8c464d95ad7bf7c76b42455725e